Environmental Awareness in China
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Principal Investigator |
Xiaolin Xi, Chinese Academy of Engineering, xxlgl@public.east.net.cn |
| Period | 1997-1999 |
| Funding | Center for the Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Chinese Environmental Protection Foundation |
| Products |
Xi XL, editor (1999) Public Attitudes Regarding Environment, China Environment Press, Beijing (in Chinese). Xi XL, Fan LH, Deng, XM, “Public Environment
Awareness in China: An Analysis of the |
| Abstract |
As economic development proceeds, the resources that societies devote to environmental protection change depending on a variety of perception and value elements. Xiaolin Xi and colleagues reviewed the Chinese survey literature to learn how environmental perceptions and values in China vary with demographic, economic, and geographic variables. The project was launched with a workshop held in Beijing in October 1997 for practitioners and users of environmental surveys. Papers from the workshop have been combined into an edited volume in Chinese, with a synopsis report in English (listed above). The book contains a synthesis chapter analyzing important themes and detailing the challenges of measuring and interpreting perceptions and attitudes in China. |